The instant and historical Preston curves: allometry quarter-power law valid for the humans

Joe Ganio-Mego

No y8rbt, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: The Preston curve has been plotted using historical GDP PC data from the Angus Maddison historical databases. Those databases have values of the human world population and corresponding GDP at PPP going from the year 0 CE to 2020 CE. By plotting the Preston curves with historical data, the typical allometric quarter-power relation between lifespan and body mass came out, where body mass was substituted by GDP PC. Then the Preston curve was plotted classically, with yearly (instant) data, and in this case, the allometric 0.15 power relation came out. The power of 0.15 is typical relation between body mass and maximal lifespan potential of many living species. It is too early to find scientific reasons for these facts, but they are worthy of further investigation.

Date: 2022-05-25
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